The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Accordingly, as shown in Figure  4 , GGRF revenues in 2024 ‑25 have been somewhat lower than the administration ’s projections last spring that formed the basis of the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act ’s GGRF spending package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2026 - (As shown above in Figures  3 and 4, the budget package also assumes the SAFER program will receive $71  million from GGRF in 2026-27, though final funding amounts will depend on how much cap-and-invest auction revenue the state receives in the coming year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5207

The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5207

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The Bay and Delta form one of the country ’s largest estuaries (where fresh water mixes with salt water). Its greater watershed —including the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries (such as the Feather, American, Mokelumne, and Tuolumne Rivers) —drains water from about 40  percent of the state ’s landmass.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Updates and Key Issues for Legislative Consideration [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5195

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - Consequently, if the Legislature wishes to retain the positions as part of its final budget package, it likely will need to find a commensurate level of savings elsewhere in the budget, at least for those positions supported by the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, SWRCB reports that out of all dredge/fill permit applications received, the share of state-only permit applications increased from about 5  percent before Sackett to about 20  percent after that decision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - As part of its federal Clean Water Act implementation responsibilities, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a new stormwater permit for Orange County in 2009. The permit regulates discharges from municipal separate storm sewer systems and requires the applicable local governments to undertake a number of activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Hydraulic Fracturing: How It Works and Recent State Oversight Actions

Dec 1, 2016 - We start by providing a high-level overview of how oil and natural gas reservoirs are formed and why hydraulic fracturing is sometimes used to stimulate wells. Overview of Oil and Gas Drilling in California Oil and Natural Gas Reservoirs Are Formed Over Millennia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3513

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Much of the funding is to be awarded through competitive grants to eligible applicants includi ng local agencies, nonprofit organizations, tribes, and utilities. Remaining funding will support state ‑led activities, such as deferred maintenance and wildfire resilience activities at state parks and projects at the Salton Sea.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115